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they’ve been portrayed as heroes
gentlemen patriots and dastardly
supervillains nice hands bag but what
are they really capable of welcome to
watchmojo.com it’s that people actually
believe and dispel them one by one in
today’s installment we’ll be counting
down the five myths about being
president that hat is asking for a
recount for better or worse we often
expect a lot from the President of the
United States of America you can blame
the depiction of POTUS in the media film
television and in some cases
presidential candidates for these
larger-than-life projections of power
the sobering thing is the president is
human just like the rest of us while saw
guard Blasio missed number five broken
campaign promises are intentionally
broken President Obama made a lot of big
promises when he took the office in 2008
his plans for the nation was such a
progressive deviation from those of
George W Bush that he was awarded a
Nobel Peace Prize sadly his ambitions
and sometimes lofty goals put in the
odds with not only the Republican Party
but some Democrats as well I hear your
voices and I’m aware of your concerns so
maybe you can chill the hell out like a
second then maybe I can focus on some
shit you know as the years went by it
became increasingly clear that some of
Obama’s goals would go unachieved voters
are quick to call foul when a president
fails to follow through on their
campaign promises but for the most part
the press is really trying their best in
practice they can do very little without
the support of Congress and if an idea
is controversial like closing Guantanamo
Bay the president is facing a long trek
up Capitol Hill with plenty of
backsliding as well if they’re pissed
now wait until I’m elected president
myth number four the president can
simply roll back the work of their
predecessor you see the White House
isn’t Walmart you can’t send a happy
face bouncing around the building to
roll a nation back the baseline left by
any administration contains some
structurally weak policies and others
that are essentially ironclad any
regulation issued in the last eight
months of a presidency can be subjected
to a congressional review but it’s not
guaranteed repeal I was elected to lead
not to read a president can issue new
regulations that under
a past one but this can be a lengthy
process a numerous high priority
regulations have been rejected by courts
under administrations past and I’ll put
beer in the water fans and cameras in
the girls locker room Congress can also
pass new laws to replace old ones but
that requires a strong filibuster-proof
Senate Majority as president it’s best
to pick your battles almost anything can
be undone but it requires a serious time
investment time that could be spent
building rather than tearing down do you
know who I am
I’m the President of the United States
Oh mr. president
shut up miss number three Article two
empowers the President to unilaterally
initiate war the president’s going to go
to war with Albanian about 30 minutes
article 2 section 2 of the US
Constitution reads
the President shall be commander in
chief of the Army and Navy of the United
States that in the mind of many
Americans including a number of
presidents makes the president
all-powerful when it comes to military
matters article 1 section 8 however
states clearly that Congress is the only
governing body with the power to declare
war the president was never meant to
make this life-or-death situation alone
and for years they respected that law
President Truman was the first to
circumvent Congress by invoking article
2 section 2 to justify illegally
starting war and subsequent presidents
have followed soon ever since Vietnam
actually prompted Congress to create the
War Powers Act in an attempt to rein
these presidential wars but it was too
little effect myth number 2 the US
president is the leader of the free
world damn cold war this period of
extreme tension between the Western and
Eastern Bloc never resulted in an
all-out war
but the ideological battle was certainly
colossal from the US perspective it was
Democratic freedom fighting against the
communist dictatorships as the most
powerful democratic nation the United
States and its leaders adopted the de
facto role of global defender of
democracy and freedom or leader of the
free world I’m aware of a free world but
America has increasingly been criticized
for its military action abroad in recent
years nowadays outside of patriotic
American cinema the term is only used
sarcastically my husband
here free work in 2015 Time magazine
named German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s
Person of the Year and Chancellor of the
free world other publications such as
the Guardian and the New York Times have
written similar pieces declaring miracle
the real leader of the free world in
wake of Trump’s election myth number one
the president is all-powerful there is
no denying the unique role the president
plays in government while we often
project superhero-like powers onto them
in practice their position comes with
more great responsibility than great
power they serve as a lightning rod for
their administration being personally
blamed or credited for all their
successes or failures even if they have
little say in the matter
yes they can sign executive orders but
Congress can block those paramotor
countries Jenna yes sir mr. president
you can turn off the president can veto
congressional legislation but Congress
can override that veto in the words of
president William Howard Taft the
president cannot make clouds to rain and
cannot make the corn to grow
we’re on skynyrd the president might
ride around in Air Force One and hold
nuclear codes but when push comes to
political shove making America great is
a team effort and we will make America
great again so which of these myths did
you believe for more elected top tens
and Senate approved top fives be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com acting
president Dekker under better
circumstances perhaps I liked perhaps
I’d like that
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you
they’ve been portrayed as heroes
gentlemen patriots and dastardly
supervillains nice hands bag but what
are they really capable of welcome to
watchmojo.com it’s that people actually
believe and dispel them one by one in
today’s installment we’ll be counting
down the five myths about being
president that hat is asking for a
recount for better or worse we often
expect a lot from the President of the
United States of America you can blame
the depiction of POTUS in the media film
television and in some cases
presidential candidates for these
larger-than-life projections of power
the sobering thing is the president is
human just like the rest of us while saw
guard Blasio missed number five broken
campaign promises are intentionally
broken President Obama made a lot of big
promises when he took the office in 2008
his plans for the nation was such a
progressive deviation from those of
George W Bush that he was awarded a
Nobel Peace Prize sadly his ambitions
and sometimes lofty goals put in the
odds with not only the Republican Party
but some Democrats as well I hear your
voices and I’m aware of your concerns so
maybe you can chill the hell out like a
second then maybe I can focus on some
shit you know as the years went by it
became increasingly clear that some of
Obama’s goals would go unachieved voters
are quick to call foul when a president
fails to follow through on their
campaign promises but for the most part
the press is really trying their best in
practice they can do very little without
the support of Congress and if an idea
is controversial like closing Guantanamo
Bay the president is facing a long trek
up Capitol Hill with plenty of
backsliding as well if they’re pissed
now wait until I’m elected president
myth number four the president can
simply roll back the work of their
predecessor you see the White House
isn’t Walmart you can’t send a happy
face bouncing around the building to
roll a nation back the baseline left by
any administration contains some
structurally weak policies and others
that are essentially ironclad any
regulation issued in the last eight
months of a presidency can be subjected
to a congressional review but it’s not
guaranteed repeal I was elected to lead
not to read a president can issue new
regulations that under
a past one but this can be a lengthy
process a numerous high priority
regulations have been rejected by courts
under administrations past and I’ll put
beer in the water fans and cameras in
the girls locker room Congress can also
pass new laws to replace old ones but
that requires a strong filibuster-proof
Senate Majority as president it’s best
to pick your battles almost anything can
be undone but it requires a serious time
investment time that could be spent
building rather than tearing down do you
know who I am
I’m the President of the United States
Oh mr. president
shut up miss number three Article two
empowers the President to unilaterally
initiate war the president’s going to go
to war with Albanian about 30 minutes
article 2 section 2 of the US
Constitution reads
the President shall be commander in
chief of the Army and Navy of the United
States that in the mind of many
Americans including a number of
presidents makes the president
all-powerful when it comes to military
matters article 1 section 8 however
states clearly that Congress is the only
governing body with the power to declare
war the president was never meant to
make this life-or-death situation alone
and for years they respected that law
President Truman was the first to
circumvent Congress by invoking article
2 section 2 to justify illegally
starting war and subsequent presidents
have followed soon ever since Vietnam
actually prompted Congress to create the
War Powers Act in an attempt to rein
these presidential wars but it was too
little effect myth number 2 the US
president is the leader of the free
world damn cold war this period of
extreme tension between the Western and
Eastern Bloc never resulted in an
all-out war
but the ideological battle was certainly
colossal from the US perspective it was
Democratic freedom fighting against the
communist dictatorships as the most
powerful democratic nation the United
States and its leaders adopted the de
facto role of global defender of
democracy and freedom or leader of the
free world I’m aware of a free world but
America has increasingly been criticized
for its military action abroad in recent
years nowadays outside of patriotic
American cinema the term is only used
sarcastically my husband
here free work in 2015 Time magazine
named German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s
Person of the Year and Chancellor of the
free world other publications such as
the Guardian and the New York Times have
written similar pieces declaring miracle
the real leader of the free world in
wake of Trump’s election myth number one
the president is all-powerful there is
no denying the unique role the president
plays in government while we often
project superhero-like powers onto them
in practice their position comes with
more great responsibility than great
power they serve as a lightning rod for
their administration being personally
blamed or credited for all their
successes or failures even if they have
little say in the matter
yes they can sign executive orders but
Congress can block those paramotor
countries Jenna yes sir mr. president
you can turn off the president can veto
congressional legislation but Congress
can override that veto in the words of
president William Howard Taft the
president cannot make clouds to rain and
cannot make the corn to grow
we’re on skynyrd the president might
ride around in Air Force One and hold
nuclear codes but when push comes to
political shove making America great is
a team effort and we will make America
great again so which of these myths did
you believe for more elected top tens
and Senate approved top fives be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com acting
president Dekker under better
circumstances perhaps I liked perhaps
I’d like that
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you
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